How to see number of pci-slots
Alexander Apprich
a.apprich at science-computing.de
Mon Jan 17 11:01:55 UTC 2005
Kam Leo wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:01:16 +0100, Alexander Apprich
> <a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
>
>>
>>Roger Grosswiler wrote:
>>
>>>Alexander Apprich schrieb:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Roger Grosswiler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I would like to see all pci-slots on a system via shell, not only the
>>>>>used slots.
>>>>>
>>>>>How can i do that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>dmidecode should do the job.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Thx,
>>>>>Roger
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Alex
>>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Alex,
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot, nice to see you alive ;-)
>>
>>to be a lil more specific
>>
>> apprich at elmstreet bin $ sudo dmidecode | grep PCI | wc -l
>> 6
>>
>>
>>>Roger
>>>
>>
>>Alex
>>
>
>
> Is the result correct? Here's what I get on my system with an ASUS
> SP97-V motherboard:
>
> # dmidecode | grep PCI | wc -l
> 9
>
> No way is that correct. I had to change the filter for grep to get
> the correct count.
>
> # dmidecode | grep "PCI Slot" | wc -l
> 4
>
well, you're (partially) right. It depends on the version of dmidecode.
In my case dmidecode was right. With a "newer" version
root at elmstreet / # dmidecode | grep PCI | wc -l
7
root at elmstreet / # dmidecode | grep PCI
PCI is supported
Type: 32-bit PCI
Type: 32-bit PCI
Type: 32-bit PCI
Type: 32-bit PCI
Type: 32-bit PCI
Type: 32-bit PCI
With the version you have it's obviously somthing different.
> So even if I changed the filter to "Slot" the results would not be
> that useful. The ASUS SP97-V MB has 4 PCI and 3 ISA slots, but only 6
> openings. One opening is shared. The information dmidecode provides
> is useful but incomplete. dmicode cannot determine if an ISA slot is
> occupied. Even if you have a new motherboard with all PCI slots the
> data provided would not tell you that an installed card is oversize
> and requires an adjacent slot or that an opening is used for an I/O
> panel. You are still going to need to use keep track of what is
> installed.
>
What is the output of dmidecode on your system. Could you send me
the output (maybe off-list)?
Alex
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